# badminton
## English
### Etymology

Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

badminton (countable and uncountable, plural badmintons)
* (uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
* (countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

#### Synonyms

* (sport): badders (UK, informal)

#### Derived terms

* badminton ball
* badminton court
* badmintonist
* badminton player
* badminton racket
* para-badminton

#### Further reading

* badminton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:badminton on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Mills, A.D., A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛdmɪnton]

### Noun

badminton m inan
* badminton

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “badminton”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “badminton”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /badməntɔn/, [ˈb̥ad̥məntˢʌn], [ˈb̥ɛd̥mentˢʌn]

### Noun

badminton c
* badminton

#### Declension
### References

* “badminton” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* (Netherlands) IPA: /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtɔn/, /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtən/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton

### Noun

badminton n (uncountable)
* badminton

#### Derived terms

* badmintonnen

## Faroese
### Etymology

From English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpat.mɪn.tʰɔn]

### Noun

badminton n (genitive singular badmintons, uncountable)
* badminton

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bad.min.tɔn/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

badminton m (uncountable)
* badminton

### Further reading

* “badminton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.

### Noun

badminton m (invariable)
* badminton

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛtmintən/, [bɛt̚mintən]
** (Baku) IPA: [badminton]
* Rhymes: -tən, -ən

### Noun

badminton (Jawi spelling بدمينتون)
* The sport of badminton.
    Synonyms: bulu tangkis (rare), bola tangkis (rare)

### Further reading

* “badminton” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English badminton.

### Noun

badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
* (sports) badminton

#### Derived terms

* badmintonbane
* badmintonspiller

### References

* “badminton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English badminton.

### Noun

badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
* (sports) badminton

#### Derived terms

* badmintonbane

### References

* “badminton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* (proscribed) babington, (proscribed) badmington

### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbad.min.tɔn/, /badˈmin.tɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -admintɔn, -intɔn
* Syllabification: bad‧min‧ton

### Noun

badminton m animal (related adjective badmintonowy)
* (uncountable) badminton (racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English)
    Synonym: kometka
* (countable) badminton equipment

#### Derived terms

* badmintonista
* badmintonistka

### Further reading

* badminton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* badminton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* badminton in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /be.d͡ʒiˈmĩ.tõ/, /bed͡ʒˈmĩ.tõ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /be.d͡ʒiˈmĩ.tõ/, /bed͡ʒˈmĩ.tõ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bed͡ʒˈmĩ.tõ/, /be.d͡ʒiˈmĩ.tõ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈdmĩ.tɔn/ [bɨˈðmĩ.tɔn]
* Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton

### Noun

badminton m (uncountable)
* Alternative form of badmínton

### Further reading

* “badminton”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton or French badminton.

### Noun

badminton n (uncountable)
* badminton

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

badminton c
* badminton (sport)

#### Derived terms

* badmintonbana
* badmintonboll
* badmintonnät
* badmintonracket

#### See also

* fjäderboll

### References

* badminton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* badminton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbadminton/ [ˌbad̪.mɪn̪ˈt̪on̪], /badminˈton/ [bɐd̪.mɪn̪ˈt̪on̪]
* Rhymes: -adminton, -on
* Syllabification: bad‧min‧ton

### Noun

bádmintón or badmintón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)
* badminton

#### Derived terms

* magbadminton

## Turkish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛd.min.t(ɯ)n/

### Noun

badminton (definite accusative badmintonı, uncountable)
* badminton